THE 


ORIGINAL  CHARTER 


COLUMBIA  COLLEGE, 


CITY  OF  NEW-YORK, 


OCTOBER  31st,  1754 ; 


THE  ACTS  OF  THE  LEGISLATURE, 


ALTERING  AND  AMENDING  THE  SAME; 


OR  RELATING  TO  THE  COLLEGE. 


PRINTED 


NEW-YORK : 

FOR  COLUMBIA 
BY  E.  B.  CLAYTON. 


M  DCCC  XXXVI. 


COLLEGE, 


Avery  Architectural  and  Fine  Arts  Library 
Gu  t  of  Si  ymoi  r  B.  Di  rs  i  Old  York  Lihrary 


THE  ORIGINAL  CHARTER 


OF 

COLUMBIA  COLLEGE. 


GEORGE  THE  SECOND,  by  the  grace  of  Recital*. 
God,  of  Great  Britain,  France,  and  Ireland,  King, 
Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c.    To  all  to  whom  these 
presents  shall  come,  Greeting:  Whereas,  by  several  Money 
acts  of  the  Governour,  Council,  and  General  as-«;tsof  the 

legislature 

sembly  of  our  Province  of  New  York,  divers  sums  to  buikl  a 

"*  College. 

of  money  have  been  Raised  by  Publiek  Lotteries, 
and  appropriated  for  the  founding,  erecting,  and 
establishing  a  College  in  our  said  Government, 
'  for  the  Education  and  Instruction  of  Youth  in  the 
Liberal  Arts  and  Sciences  :  And  Whereas,  the  Grant  of 
Rector  and  inhabitants  of  the  City  of  New  York,  Trinity 

.  J  Church  for  a 

in  Communion  of  the  Church  of  England,  as  by  |cite  forthe 

&  '  J  College. 

Law  Established,  for  the  encouraging  and  pro- 
moting the  same  good  design,  have  sett  apart  a 
parcel  of  ground  for  that  purpose,  of  upwards  of 
Three  Thousand  Pounds  value,  belonging  to  the 
said  Corporation,  on  the  west  side  of  the  broad- 
way,  in  the  west  ward  of  our  City  of  New  York, 
fronting  easterly  to  Church  street,  between  Bar- 
clay street  and  Murray  street,  four  hundred  and 
forty  foot ;  And  from  thence  running  westerly, 
between  and  along  the  said  Barclay  street  and 
Murray  street,  to  the  North  river ;  And  also,  a 
street,  from  the  middle  of  the  said  Land,  Easterly 


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to  the  Broadway,  of  ninety  Foot,  to  be  called 
Robinson  street,  And  have  declared  that  they  are 
ready  and  desirous  to  Convey  the  said  Land  in 
Fee,  to  and  for  the  use  of  a  College,  intended  and 
proposed  to  be  Erected  and  Established  in  our 
said  Province,  upon  the  terms  in  their  said  decla- 
ration mentioned  :  And  Whereat  our  Loving  Sub- 
jects, the  Trustees,  appointed  in  and  by  an  act  of 
the  Governor,  Council,  and  General  Assembly  of 
our  said  Province  of  New  York,  Intitled  an  Act 
for  Vesting  in  Trustees  the  sum  of  three  Thousand 
four  Hundred  and  forly  three  Pounds  eighteen 
shillings,  by  way  of  Lottery,  for  Erecting  a  College 
within  this  Colony,  esteeming  the  said  Lands  of- 
fered and  sett  apart  by  the  said  Rector  and  Inha- 
bitants of  the  City  of  New  York,  in  Communion 
of  the  Church  of  England,  as  by  Law  Established, 
the  most  convenient  place  for  the  Building,  Erect- 
ing, and  Establishing,  a  College,  in  our  said  Pro- 
vince, have,  by  their  humble  petition,  presented 
to  our  trusty  and  well  beloved  James  Dc  Lanccy, 
Esq.  our  Lieutenant  Governor  and  Commander  in 
Chief  of  our  said  Province  of  New  York,  In  Council, 
prayed  our  Letters  patent oflncorporation  for  the 
Better  Establishing,  Erecting,  and  Building  a  Col- 
lege, on  the  said  Lands,  and  the  more  Effectually 
Governing,  Carrying  on,  and  Promoting  the  same, 
and  Instructing  of  Youth  in  the  Liberal  Arts  and 
Sciences  ;  Wherefore,  Wee,  being  willing  to  Grant 
the  Reasonable  request  and  desire  of  our  said 
Loving  Subjects,  and  to  Encourage  the  said  good 
design  of  promoting  a  Liberal  Education  among 
them,  and  to  make  the  same  as  Beneficial  as  may 
be,  not  only  to  the  Inhabitants  of  our  said  Province 
of  New  York,  But  to  all  our  Colonies  and  Terri- 
tories in  America,  Know  Ye,  that  Wee,  Consider- 


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ing  the  premisses,  do,  of  our  especial  Grace, 
Certain  Knowledge,  and  meer  motion,  by  these 
presents,  will,  Grant,  Constitute,  and  ordain,  that 
when,  and  as  soon  as  the  said  Rector  and  Inhabi- 
tants of  the  City  of  New  York,  in  Communion  of 
the  Church  of  England,  as  by  "Law  established, 
shall  legally  convey  and  assure  the  said  herein 
before  mentioned  Lands  to  the  Corporation,  or 
body  politick,  Erected  and  made  by  these  our  Let- 
ters patent,  That  there  be  erected  and  made  on 
the  said  Lands,  a  College,  and  other  Buildings 
and  Improvements,  for  the  use  and  conveniency 
of  the  same,  which  shall  be  called  and  Known  by 
the  name  of  King's  College,  for  the  Instruction  and  Name  or 
Education  of  Youth  in  the  Learned  Languages,  college, 
and  Liberal  Arts  and  Sciences  ;  And  that  in  Con- 
sideration of  such  Grant,  to  be  made  by  the  Rector 
and  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  New  York,  in  Com- 
munion of  the  Church  of  England,  as  by  Law  president  of 

the  Colloffs 

Established,  the  President  of  the  said  College,  for  to  he  in  Com- 
1  f  i  r  Bunion  with 

the  time  bems;  shall  for  ever  hereafter  be  a  mem- the  church 

Y  .  of  England. 

ber  of,  and  in  Communion  with  the  Church  of 
England,  as  by  Law  established  ;  And  that  the 
Governors  of  the  said  College,  and  their  succes- 
sors, for  ever,  shall  be  one  body  Corporate  and 
politick,  in  deed,  fact,  and  name,  and  shall  be 
called,  named,  and  distinguished,  by  the  name  of  corporate 
the  Governors  of  the  College  of  the  Province  of 
New  York,  in  the  City  of  New  York,  in  America, 
and  them  and  their  successors,  by  the  name  of  the 
Governors  of  the  College  of  the  Province  of  New 
York,  in  the  City  of  New  York,  in  America,  one 
Body  Corporate  and  politick,  in  deed,  fact,  and 
name,  really  and  fully,  we  do  for  us,  our  heirs  and 
Successors,Erect,Ordain,make,Constitute,  declare, 
and  Create  by  these  presents, and  that  by  that  name, 


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they  shall  and  may  have  perpetual  succession : 
And  we  do  for  us,  our  heirs,  and  successors,  for  the 
Continuance  and  Better  Establishment  of  the  said 
College,  Will,  Give,  Grant,  Ordain,  Constitute, 
and  appoint,  that  in  the  said  College,  to  be  Erected 
and  Built  upon  the  Lands  aforesaid,  there  shall 
from  henceforth  forever  be  a  Body  Corporat  and 
politick,  Consisting  of  the  Governors  of  the  Col- 
lege of  the  Province  of  New  York,  in  the  City  of 
New  York,  in  America;  And  for  the  more  full 
and  perfect  Erection  of  the  said  Corporation  and 
Body  politick,  consisting  of  the  Governors  of  the 
College  of  the  Province  of  New  York,  in  the  City 
of  New  York  in  America,  we  do  will,  Grant,  or- 
dain, Constitute,  assign,  Limitt,  and  appoint,  by 
Governors  or  these  presents,  the  most  Reverend  Father  in  God, 

aaaed  and  our  Trusty,  and  well  beloved  Thomas,  Lord  Arch- 
appointed. 

bishop  of  Canterbury,  and  the  most  Reverend  the 
Lord  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  for  the  time 
being  ;  The  Right  Honorable  Dunk,  Earl  of  Hali- 
fax, first  Lord  Commissioner  for  Trade  and  Plan- 
tations, and  the  first  Lord  Commissioner  for 
Trade  and  plantations  for  the  time  being;  Our 
now  Lieutenant  Governor  and  Commander  in 
chief  of  our  said  Province  of  New  York,  and  the 
Governor  or  Commander  in  chief  of  our  said 
Province  for  the  time  being  ;  the  eldest  Councilor 
of  our  said  Province  now  and  for  the  time  being ; 
the  Judges  of  our  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature  of 
our  said  Province  now  and  for  the  time  being ; 
the  Secretary  of  our  said  Province  now  and  for 
the  time  being  ;  the  Attorney  General  of  our  said 
Province  now  and  for  the  time  being  ;  the  Speaker 
of  the  General  Assembly  of  our  said  Province 
now  and  for  the  time  being;  the  Treasurer  of  our 
said  Province  now  and  for  the  time  being ;  the 


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Mayor  of  our  City  of  New  York  in  our  said  Pro- 
vince now  and  for  the  time  being ;  the  Rector  of 
Trinity  Church  in  our  said  City  of  New  York 
now  and  for  the  time  being  ;  the  Senior  Minister 
of  the  Reformed  Protestant  Dutch  Church  in  our 
said  City  now  and  for  the  time  being ;  the  Minister 
of  the  ancient  Lutheran  Church  in  our  said  City 
now  and  for  the  time  being ;  the  Minister  of  the 
French  Church  in  our  said  City  now  and  for  the  time 
being  ;  the  Minister  of  the  Presbeterian  Congrega- 
tion in  our  said  City  for  the  time  being ;  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  said  College,  appointed  by  these  Pre- 
sents, and  the  President  of  the  said  College  for  the 
time  being,  to  be  chosen  as  herein  after  is  directed, 
and  twenty  four  other  Persons,  Who  shall  be  called 
and  named,  and  are  hereby  called  and  named,  the 
Governors  of  the  College  of  the  Province  of  New 
York,  in  the  City  of  New  York  in  America  ;  And  for 
that  purpose, "We  have  elected, nominated, ordained, 
constituted,  limited,  and  appointed,  and  by  these 
Presents  do,  for  us,  our  Heirs,  and  Successors, 
elect,  nominate,  ordain,  constitute,  limit,  and  ap- 
point, the  said  most  Reverend  Father  in  God, 
Thomas,  Lord  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  and  the 
Lord  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  for  the  time  being; 
The  Right  Honourable  Dunk,  Earl  of  Halifax, 
first  Lord  Commissioner  for  Trade  and  Plantations, 
and  the  first  Lord  Commissioner  for  Trade  and 
Plantations  for  the  time  being ;  our  now  Lieute- 
nant Governor  and  Commander  in  chief  of  our 
Province  of  New  York,  and  the  Governor  or 
Commander  in  chief  of  our  said  Province  for  the 
time  being ;  the  eldest  Councilor  of  our  said  Pro- 
vince now  and  for  the  time  being  ;  the  Judges  of 
our  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature  of  our  said 
Province  now  and  for  the  time  being ;  the  Secre- 


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tary  of  our  said  Province  now  and  for  the  time 
being;  the  Attorney  General  of  our  said  Province 
now  and  for  the  time  being  ;  the  Speaker  of  the 
General  Assembly  of  our  said  Province  now  and 
for  the  time  being;  the  Treasurer  of  our  said 
Province  now  and  for  the  time  being ;  the  Mayor 
of  our  said  City  of  New  York  now  and  for  the 
time  being ;  the  Rector  of  Trinity  Church  in  our 
said  City  now  and  for  the  time  being  ;  the  Senior 
Minister  of  the  Reformed  Protestant  Dutch 
Church  in  our  said  City  now  and  for  the  time 
being;  thc  Minister  of  the  ancient  Lutheran 
Church  in  our  said  City  now  and  for  the  time 
being;  the  minister  of  the  French  Church  in  our 
said  City  now  and  for  the  time  being;  the  minister 
of  the  Presbiterian  Congregation  in  our  said  City 
for  the  time  being;  the  President  of  the  said  Col- 
lege, appointed  by  these  Presents,  and  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  said  College  for  the  time  being ;  and 
Archibald  Kennedy,  Joseph  Murray,  Josiah  Mar- 
tin, Paul  Richard,  Henry  Cruger,  William  Wal- 
ton, John  Watts,  Henry  Beekman,  Philip  Ver 
Planck,  Frederick  Philipse,  Joseph  Robinson, 
John  Cruger,  Oliver  De  Lancey,  James  Liv- 
ingston, Esquires,  Benjamin  Nicoll,  William 
Livingston,  Joseph  Read,  Nathaniel  Marston, 
Joseph  Haynes,  John  Livingston,  Abraham  Lodge, 
David  Clarkson,  Leonard  Lispenard,  and  James 
De  Lancey  the  Younger,  Gentlemen,  to  be  the 
present  Governors  of  the  said  College ;  and  we 
do  by  these  Presents  ordain  and  appoint  our  well 
t  Presi-  beloved  Samuel  Johnson,  Doctor  of  Divinity,  to 

named  , 

appomt- be  the  first  and  present  President  of  the  said 
College,  for  and  during  his  Good  Behaviour;  and 
do  will  that  he  and  the  President  for  the  time 
being  after  him,  who  shall  also  hold  his  office 


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during  Good  behaviour,  shall  have  the  Immediate 
care  of  the  Education  and  Government  of  the 
students  that  shall  be  sent  to  and  admitted  into 
the  said  College  for  Instruction  and  Education, 
according  to  such  Rules  and  orders  as  shall  be 
made  by  the  Governors  of  the  said  College; 
And  they  are  by  these  presents  made  and  consti- 
tuted a  Body  Corporate  and  politick,  by  the  said 
name  of  the  Governors  of  the  College  of  the  pro- 
vince of  New  York,  in  the  City  of  New  York,  in 
America ;  and  they  and  their  successors,  by  the 
said  name  of  the  Governors  of  the  College  of  the 
province  of  New  York,  in  the  City  of  New  York, 
in  America,  be,  and  for  ever  hereafter  shall  be, 
a  Body  politick  and  Corporate,  in  deed,  fact,  and 
name,  and  shall  be  Capable  and  able  in  Law  tocapai.ieto 

sue,  &c. 

sue  and  be  sued,  Implead  and  be  Impleaded, 
answer  and  be  Answered  unto,  Defend  and  be 
Defended,  In  all  Courts  and  places,  before  Us, 
our  Heirs  and  Successors,  and  Before  all  and 
any  the  Judges,  Justices,  Officers,  and  Ministers 
of  Us,  our  Heirs  and  Successors,  in  any  Court  or 
Courts,  place  and  places  Whatsoever,  in  all  and 
all  manner  of  actions,  suits,  Complaints,  Pleas, 
causes,  matters,  and  demands  whatsoever,  and 
of  what  kind  or  nature  soever,  in  as  full,  ample 
manner  and  form  as  any  of  our  other  Liege  Sub- 
jects of  our  said  Province  of  New  York  can  or 
may  sue  and  be  sued,  Implead  and  be  Impleaded, 
defend  and  be  Defended,  by  any  Lawfull  ways 
and  means  whatsoever.  And,  also,  that  they  and 
their  successors,  by  the  said  name  of  the  Gover- 
nors of  the  College  of  the  Province  of  New  York, 
in  the  City  of  New  York,  in  America,  be,  and  for 
ever  hereafter,  shall  be  a  Body  Corporate,  Capable  Takn  a„d 
and  able  in  Law  to  purchase,  take,  hold,  receive,  Iiinds' 
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Enjoy,  and  have  any  messuages,  houses,  Lands, 
Tenements,  and  Hereditaments,  and  real  Estate 
whatsoever,  in  Eec  simple,  or  for  Term  of  Life, 
or  Lives,  or  Years,  or  in  any  other  manner  how- 
Not  exc«ed-  soever,  for  the  use  of  the  said  College  ;  Provided 

Ug  Hi  value  O 

yiMio  |,o.iu,i8  always,  the  clear  yearly  value  thereof  do  not 

per  uiiiium.  J  J  J 

exceed  the  sum  of  Two  Thousand  pounds  Ster- 
ling ;  and  also  Goods,  Chattells,  Books,  moneys, 
annuities,  and  all  other  things  of  what  nature  and 
kind  soever.  And,  also,  that  they  and  their  Suc- 
cessors, by  the  same  name  of  the  Governours  of 
the  College  of  the  Province  of  New  York,  in  the 
City  of  New  York,  in  America,  to  and  for  the  use 
of  the  said  College,  shall  and  may  have  full  power 
Toeron     and  authority  to  Erect  and  build  any  house  or 

buildings  . 

au.i  .i.-po^  houses,  or  other  Buddings,  as  they  shall  think 

of  than  pro-  0  "» 

peny,  necessary  or  convenient ;  and  also  to  Give,  Grant, 
Bargain,  sell,  demise,  assign,  or  otherwise  dispose 
of  all  or  any  messuages,  Lands,  Tenements,  Rents, 
and  other  Hereditaments,  and  real  Estate,  and  all 
Goods,  Chattells,  money,  and  other  things  what- 
soever, as  to  them  shall  seem  fitl,  either  in  the 
payment  of  the  Salary  or  Salaries  of  the  President, 
Fellows,  and  Professors  of  the  said  College,  or 
any  other  officers  or  ministers  of  the  same,  at 

Kxoppt  the  their  will  and  pleasure  :  excepting  always,  and 

landaGivea  .  1  10  J  . 

by  Trinity   it  js  Nevertheless,  our  True  Intent  and  meaning 

Church.  '  '  ° 

that  the  said  Governors  of  the  said  College  for 
the  time  being,  and  their  Successors,  or  any  of 
them,  shall  not  do  or  suffer  to  be  done,  at  any 
time  hereafter,  any  act  or  thing  whereby  or  by 
means  whereof  the  Lands  set  apart  and  offered 
to  be  Conveyed  by  the  Rector  and  Inhabitants  of 
the  City  of  New  York,  In  Communion  of  the 
Church  of  England  as  by  Law  Established,  for 
the  use  of  the  College,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall 


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be  Vested,  Conveyed,  or  Transferred,  to  any  other 
person,  contrary  to  the  true  meaning  hereof,  other 
than  by  such  Leases  as  are  hereafter  mentioned : 
our  will  and  pleasure  is,  therefore,  and  we  do  for 
us  our  heirs  and  Successors  will  and  ordain,  that 
no  Grant  or  Lease  of  the  said  Land,  or  any  part 
thereof,  shall  be  made  by  the  said  Governors  of 
the  said  College  which  shall  exceed  the  number 
of  Twenty  one  Years,  and  That  either  in  pos- 
session or  not  above  three  years  before  the  End 
and  Expiration  or  Determination  of  the  Estate 
or  Estates  in  possession.  And  we  do  by  these 
presents  will,  ordain,  and  direct,  that  the  said 
Governors  of  the  said  College  (Except  always 
the  Lord  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  for  the  time 
being,  and  our  first  Lord  Commissioner  for  Trade 
and  Plantations)  do,  at  their  first  meeting,  after  the 
receipt  of  these  our  Letters  patents,  and  before  they 
proceed  to  any  business  of  and  concerning  the  said 
College,  take  the  oaths  appointed  to  be  taken  byTheGover- 

.  .  nors  to  tak< 

an  act  passed  m  the  first  year  01  our  Late  Royal  certain 
Father's  Reign,  Entituled,  [an  Act  for  the  further 
security  of  his  Majesty's  Person  and  Government, 
and  the  Succession  of  the  Crown,  in  the  Heirs  of 
the  late  Princess  Sophia,  being  protestants,  and 
for  extinguishing  the  Hopes  of  the  pretended 
Prince  of  wales,  and  his  open  and  Secret  abet- 
tors,] and  make  and  subscribe  the  declaration 
mentioned  in  An  Act  of  Parliament,  made  in  the 
twenty  fifth  year  of  the  Reign  of  King  Charles 
the  second,  Entituled,  [an  act  for  preventing  Dan- 
gers which  may  happen  from  popish  Recusants ;] 
as  also,  an  oath,  faithfully  to  execute  the  trust  Re- 
posed in  them,  as  members  of  the  said  Corpora- 
tion, which  Oaths  we  authorize  and  Impower  the 
Justices  of  our  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature,  for 


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Time  of 
meeting;  of 
{fovernorfi ; 
■ltd  fifteen 
to  he  a 


our  said  Province  of  New  York  for  the  time  being, 
any  or  either  of  them  to  administer ;  and  that 
when,  and  as  often  as  any  person  or  persons, 
either  by  his  oflice  or  place  in  our  said  Govern- 
ment, or  Elsewhere,  (Except  always  the  Lord 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury  for  the  time  being,  and 
our  first  Lord  Commissioner  for  Trade  and  Plan- 
tations for  the  time  being,)  or  by  Choice  of  the 
said  Governors  of  the  said  College,  shall  become, 
or  he  Chosen  a.  Member  or  members  of  the  said 
Corporation,  they  shall,  before  they  are  admit- 
ted, or  enter  into  the  said  office  or  Trust,  take  the 
said  Oaths,  and  .Subscribe  the  said  Declaration  to 
be  administered  to  them  in  the  manner  above 
directed.  And  we  do  further  will,  ordain,  and 
direct,  that  the  Governors  of  the  said  College, 
shall  yearly,  and  every  year  hereafter,  forever,  on 
the  Second  Tuesday  in  the  Month  of  May,  in 
every  year,  meet  together  in  our  said  City  of 
New  York,  for  the  Better  taking  care  of,  and  Pro- 
moting the  Interest  of  the  said  College  ;  and  that 
the  said  Governors  of  the  said  College,  or  any 
fifteen  or  more  of  them  being  met,  shall  be  a 
Legal  meeting  of  the  said  Corporation,  and  they, 
or  the  major  part  of  them  so  met,  shall  have  full 
power  and  authority  to  adjourn  from  day  to  day, 
as  the  Business  of  the  said  College  may  require, 
and  to  do,  execute,  and  perform,  all  and  every  act 
and  acts,  thing  and  things  whatsoever,  which  the 
said  Governors  of  the  said  College  are,  or  shall 
by  these,  our  Letters  patent,  be  authorized  and 
Impowered  to  do,  act,  or  Transact,  in  as  full  and 
ample  manner,  as  if  all  and  every  of  the  members 
of  the  said  Corporation  were  present.  And  we  do 
will,  ordain,  and  direct,  that  as  our  Right  Trusty 
and  well  beloved  Thomas,  Lord  Archbishop  of 


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Canterbury,  and  the  Lord  Archbishop  of  Canter-  (lovornors 
bury  for  the  time  bein°\  and  our  said  first  Lord  residing  in 

J  °  .  England, 

Commissioner  for  Trade  and  Plantations,  and  the  ma>  appoint 

proxies. 

First  Lord  Commissioner  for  Trade  and  planta- 
tions for  the  time  being,  cannot  attend  the  meet- 
ings of  the  said  Corporation,  they  and  each  of 
them  shall,  from  time  to  time,  have  full  power 
and  authority  to  appoint  a  Proxy,  in  writing, 
under  their  hand  and  seal,  which  person  or  per- 
sons so  appointed  by  them,  and  each  of  them 
shall  and  may  Represent  them,  and  each  of  them, 
Respectively,  according  to  such  appointment,  and 
shall  have  full  power  to  vote  and  act  as  a  Governor 
or  Governors  of  the  said  Corporation,  at  any  and 
every  meeting  of  the  said  Corporation,  as  fully 
and  amply  as  if  they,  the  Constituents,  and  each 
of  them  were  present  at  every  such  meeting  or 
meetings ;  And,  in  Case  any  other  meeting  or 
meetings  of  the  said  Governors  of  the  said  Col- 
lege shall,  at  any  other  time  or  times,  be  Judged 
and  deemed  Necessary  for  the  Carrying  on  and 
promoting  of  the  Business  and  Interest  of  the  special 
said  College,  or  the  Government  thereof,  by  any  notice 

r  i  r  •in  '  ii  thereof. 

five  members  of  the  said  Corporation,  we  do,  by 
these  presents,  authorize  and  Impower  such  five 
members  by  writing,  and  under  their  hands,  to 
direct  the  Clerk  of  the  said  Corporation  to  Give 
notice  of  the  day  appointed  by  them,  for  such 
meeting,  at  the  said  City  of  New  York,  by 
advertiseing  the  same  in  one  or  more  of  the  pub- 
lick  newspapers,  at  Least,  seven  Days  before  such 
meeting ;  and,  that  at  such  meeting,  the  said 
Clerk,  before  entering  on  any  Business,  shall 
Certify  such  Notification,  under  his  hand,  to  the  Fifteen 
Board  then  met ;  Provided,  always,  Fifteen  OF  Quorum  for 
more  of  the  said  members  shall  be  then  met  to-°fbusi»e38. 


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gcthcr,  which  paid  fifteen  or  more  members,  po 
met,  In  Pursuance  of  such  Notification,  shall  be  a 
Legal  meeting  of  the  said  Governors  of  the  said 
College  ;  and  they,  or  the  major  part  of  them  so 
mett,  shall  have  full  power  and  authority  to  ad- 
journ from  day  to  day,  as  the  Business  of  the  said 
College  may  require,  and  to  do,  Transact,  and 
perform,  all  matters  and  thingswhatsoever,  thatthe 
said  Governors  of  the  said  College  are,  or  shall  be 
authorized  and  Impowered  to  do,  by  these  pre- 
sents. And,  of  our  further  Grace,  Certain  Knowl- 
edge, and  meer  motion,  to  the  Intent  that  the  said 
Corporation  and  Body  politick,  may  answer  the 
end  of  their  erection  and  Constitution,  and  may 
have  perpetual  succession  and  Continue  forever, 
Wee  do  for  us,  our  heirs,  and  Successors,  Give  and 
Grant  unto  the  said  Governors  of  the  said  Col- 
lege of  the  Province  of  New  York,  in  the  City  of 
New  York  in  America,  and  to  their  Successors 
for  ever,  that  when  and  as  often  as  they  or  any 
fifteen  or  more  of  the  said  members  of  the  said 
Corporation  or  of  their  Successors  shall  be  mett 
together  at  their  said  Yearly  meeting  herein  be- 
fore appointed,  or  at  any  other  meeting  upon  No- 
tification, as  aforesaid,  for  the  Service  of  the  said 
College,  that  the  Governor  or  Commander  in 
chief  of  our  said  Province  of  New  York,  and,  in 
Governor  of  his  absence,  the  First  person  in  Rank  in  our  said 

the  Province  11111-1  r\ 

or  person  Government,  who  holds  his  place  as  a  Governor 
or  senior    of  the  said  Corporation  by  his  office,  place,  or 

Governor,  as  _    1  J  l 

the  case  may  Dicrnity,  and,  in  the  absence  of  such,  the  Eldest 

be,  to  °  * 

meetings' a"  Governor  or  member  of  the  said  Corporation  then 
present,  such  Seniority  to  be  taken  according  as 
they  are  named  in  this  our  Charter,  during  the 
lives  of  the  present  Governors,  and  after  their 
death,  the  Seniority  to  be  taken  and  accounted  as 


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they  have  been  a  Longer  or  shorter  time  Governors 
of  the  said  Corporation,  shall  preside  at  such  meet- 
ing from  time  to  time,  and  that  at  such  meeting  or 
meetings  from  time  to  time,  they  or  the  major  part 
of  them  so  met,  shall  have  full  power  and  author- 
ity to  Elect,  nominate,  and  appoint  any  person  to 
be  president  of  the  said  College  in  a  Vacancy  of 
the  said  Presidentship  for  and  during  his  Good  President  of 
Behaviour ;  provided,  always,  such  President  and  Fellows, 
Elect  or  to  be  Elected  by  them,  be  a  member  of,  aud  Tutors 

to  he 

and  in  Communion  with  the  Church  of  England,  appointed, 
as  by  Law  Established ;  and,  also,  to  Elect  one 
or  more  Fellow  or  Fellows,  Professor  or  Profes- 
sors, Tutor  or  Tutors,  to  assist  the  President  of 
the  said  College  in  the  Education  and  Govern- 
ment of  the  Students  belonging  to  the  said  Col- 
lege, which  Fellow  or  Fellows,  Professor  or  Pro- 
fessors, Tutor  or  Tutors,  and  every  of  them,  shall 
hold  and  Enjoy  their  said  office  or  place,  either  at 
the  will  and  pleasure  of  the  Governors  of  the  said 
Corporation  or  during  his  or  their  Good  Beha- 
viour, according  as  shall  be  agreed  upon  Between 
such  Fellow  or  Fellows,  Professor  or  Professors, 
Tutor  or  Tutors,  and  the  said  Governors  of  the 
said  College,  Provided,  always,  such  Fellow  or 
Fellows,  Professor  or  Professors,  Tutor  or  Tutors, 
before  they  or  either  of  them  enter  into  or  Take 
upon  themselves  such  office,  do  take  the  Oaths 
and  subscribe  the  declaration  herein  before  di- 
rected, to  be  Taken  and  subscribed  by  the 
Governors  of  the  said  College  before  they  enter 
upon  their  said  Respective  offices  ;  and  that  when 
and  as  often  as  any  or  either  of  the  said  offices 
shall  become  Vacant  by  death  or  otherwise,  the  said 
Governors  or  the  major  part  of  any  Fifteen  or  more 
of  them  so  met  as  aforesaid,  shall  have  full  power 


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to  Elect,  Nominate,  and  appoint,  other  or  others 
in  their  places,  upon  the  same  proviso  or  Condi- 
varnncif- in  tion  as  aforesaid  ;  and,  Also,  to  Elect,  Nominate, 

tllr  |'l;i<  f 

..i(;<.v<.rn..r» and  appoint,  upon  the  Death,  Removal,  Refusal 

to  be  tilled.  . 

to  Qualify,  or  other  vacancy  of  the  place  or  places 
of  any  Governor  or  Governors  of  the  said  Corpo- 
ration not  holding  his  office  or  place  as  a  memher 
of  the  same,  by  virtue  of  any  other  station,  office, 
place,  or  dignity,  from  time  to  time,  other  or 
others  in  their  places  or  stead  as  often  as  such 
vacancy  shall  happen,  which  Governor  or  Gover- 
nors so  from  time  to  time  elected  and  appointed, 
shall,  by  virtue  of  these  presents,  and  of  such 
Election  and  appointment  be  vested  with  all  the 
powers,  authoritys,  and  priviledges,  which  any 
Governor  of  the  said  Corporation  is  hereby  In- 
vested with.  And,  we  do  further,  of  our  especial 
Grace,  certain  Knowledge,  and  meer  motion,  for 
us,  our  heirs,  and  Successors,  Grant  and  ordain 
that  when  and  as  often  as  the  president  of  the 
said  College,  or  any  Fellow  Professor  or  Tutor 
holding  his  place  during  Good  behaviour  shall 
misdemean  himself  in  his  or  their  said  offices, 
and  thereupon  a  Complaint  or  Charge  in  writing 
of  such  misdemeanour  shall  be  exhibited  against 
him  or  them  by  any  member  of  the  said  Corpora- 
tion, at  any  meeting  or  meetings  of  the  said  Cor- 
President,    poration  met  and  convened  as  aforesaid,  That  it 

Fellow?* 

Professors,  shall 'be  Lawful  for  the  said  members  of  the  said 

and  Tutors,      *  .  , 

bow"un<1  Corporation  then  met,  or  the  major  part  01  them 
pended  or  from  time  to  time,  upon  Examination  and  due 

discharged.  '      i  • 

proof,  to  suspend  or  discharge  such  President, 
Fellow,  Professor,  or  Tutor,  from  his  said  office, 
and  other  or  others  in  his  or  their  place  or  places 
to  appoint;  and,  we  do  further  for  us}  our  heirs,  and 
■    Successors,  will  and  Grant  that  the  said  Gover- 


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nors  of  the  said  College,  or  the  major  part  of  any 
fifteen  or  more  of  them  Convened  and  mett  as 
aforesaid,  shall  and  may,  from  time  to  time,  as 
occasion  may  require,  Elect,  Constitute,  and  ap- 
point, a  Treasurer,  Clerk,  and  Steward,  for  the  Treasurer, 

A    i  Clerk,  and 

said  College,  and  to  appoint  them  and  each  ofsteward. 
them  their  respective  Business  and  Trusts,  and  to 
displace  and  discharge  from  the  Service  of  the 
said  College  such  Treasurer,  Clerk,  or  steward, 
and  to  elect  other  or  others  in  their  places  and 
stead ;  and  such  Treasurer,  Clerk,  and  steward, 
so  Elected  and  appointed,  we  do  for  us,  our  heirs, 
and  Successors,  by  these  presents  Constitute  and 
Establish  in  their  several  offices,  and  do  Give  Tenure  of 

.  K         .  offices. 

them  full  power  and  authority  to  Exercise  the 
same  in  the  said  College,  according  to  the  direc- 
tion and  during  the  pleasure  of  the  said  Governors 
of  the  said  College,  or  the  major  part  of  any 
fifteen  or  more  of  them  Convened  as  aforesaid, 
as  fully  and  freely  as  any  other  the  like  officers 
in  any  of  our  universities  or  any  of  our  Colleges 
in  that  part  of  our  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  called 
England,  Lawfully  may  and  ought  to  do  :  and  we 
do  further,  of  our  Especial  Grace,  Certain  Know- 
ledge, and  meer  motion,  Give  and  Grant  unto  the 
said  Governors  of  the  said  College,  that  they  and 
their  Successors,  or  the  major  part  of  any  fifteen 
or  more  of  them  Convened  and  mett  Together 
in  manner  aforesaid,  shall  and  may  direct  and 
appoint  what  Books  shall  be  publickly  read  and  May  direct 
taught  in  the  said  College,  by  the  President,  mayti>c°pub- 
Fellows,  Professors,  and  Tutors;  and  shall  and  and  taught  in 

the  College, 

may,  under  their  Common  seal,  make  and  set m!ike  laws. 

"  Sec. 

down,  and  they  are  hereby  fully  Impowered, 
from  time  to  time,  to  make  and  set  down  in 
3 


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writing,  such  Laws,  ordinances,  and  orders,  for 
the  Better  Government  of  the  said  College,  and 
Students,  and  Ministers  thereof,  as  they  shall 
think  best  for  the  General  Good  of  the  same,  so 
that  they  are  not  Repugnant  to  the  Laws  and 
statutes  of  that  part  of  our  Kingdom  of  Great 
Britain  called  England,  or  of  our  said  Province 
No  person  to  of  New  York,  and  do  not  extend  to  exclude  any 

be  excluded  _  T,  , .  .        TA  .  . 

from theCoi-  person  ot  any  Iteligious  Denomination  whatever 

Icpe  on  ar-  4  t 

count  or  ih»  fr0|n  Kqual  Liberty  and  advantage  of  Education, 

raligloM 

teoet».  or  from  any  the  Degrees,  Liberties,  Priviledges, 
Benefits,  or  Immunities  of  the  said  College,  on 
account  of  his  particular  Tenets  in  matters  of 
Religion  ;  And  such  laws,  Ordinances,  and  orders, 
which  shall  be  so  made  as  aforesaid,  we  do  by 
these  Presents,  for  us,  our  heirs,  and  Successors, 
Ratify,  Confirm,  and  allow,  as  Good  and  Effectual 
to  bind  and  oblige  all  and  every  the  Students  and 
Officers  and  Ministers  of  the  said  College ;  and 
we  do  hereby  authorize  and  Impower  the  said 
Governors  of  the  said  College,  or  the  ma  jor  part 
of  any  fifteen  or  more  of  them,  at  any  of  their 
meetings  Convened  as  aforesaid,  and  the  Presi- 
dent, Fellows,  and  Professors  for  the  time  being, 
to  put  such  Laws,  ordinances,  and  orders,  in 

Punishments  execution,  that  is  to  say,  such  as  Inflict  upon  any 

of  Students.  J  . 

Student  the  Greater  Punishments  of  Expulsion, 
Suspension,  Degradation,  and  public  Confession, 
by  the  Governors  of  the  said  College,  or  the 
major  part  of  any  Fifteen  or  more  of  them,  con- 
vened and  met  Together  as  aforesaid  only ;  and 
such  as  Inflict  the  Lesser  Punishments,  by  the 
President,  Fellows,  and  Professors,  or  any  of 
them,  according  to  the  true  Intent  of  such  Laws, 
ordinances,  and  orders,  as  shall  be  made  In  Pur- 


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suance  of  these  presents  for  that  purpose.  And 

we  do  further  will,  ordain,  and  direct,  that  there 

shall  be  for  ever  hereafter  Publick  morning  and  Pubiick 

evening  service  Constantly  performed  in  the  said  the  College. 

College,  morning  and  evening  for  ever,  by  the 

President,  Fellows,  Professors,  or  Tutors,  of  the 

said  College,  or  one  of  them,  according  to  the 

Liturgy  of  the  Church  of  England  as  by  Law 

Established,  or  such  a  Collection  of  prayers  out 

of  the  said  Liturgy,  with  a  Collect  peculiar  for 

the  said  College,  as  shall  be  approved  of  from 

time  to  time  by  the  Governors  of  the  said  College, 

or  the  major  part  of  any  fifteen  or  more  of  them 

Convened  as  aforesaid  :  and  we  do  further  will 

and  Grant,  that  the  said  Governors  of  the  said 

College  for  the  time  being,  or  the  major  part  of 

any  fifteen  or  more  of  them  Convened  as  aforesaid, 

shall  have  full  power  and  Lawful  authority  to  visit,  visitation  of 

1  .  11      m  tixe  College. 

order,  punish,  place,  and  displace,  The  Treasurer, 
Clerk,  Steward,  students,  and  other  officers  and 
ministers  of  the  said  College,  and  to  order,  Reform, 
and  Redress,  all  and  any  the  disorders,  misde- 
meanors and  abuses  in  the  persons  aforesaid,  or 
any  of  them,  and  to  Censure,  suspend,  or  deprive 
them,  or  any  or  either  of  them,  So  always,  that  no 
visitation,  act,  or  thing,  in  or  Concerning  the  said 
College,  be  made  or  done  by  any  other  person  or 
persons  whatsoever  but  as  is  herein  before  Directed 
and  Declared.  And  we  do  further,  of  our  Espe- 
cial Grace,  Certain  Knowledge,  and  meer  motion, 
will,  Give,  and  Grant,  unto  the  said  Governors  of 
the  said  College,  that  for  the  Encouragement  of 
the  Students  of  the  said  College  to  Diligence  and 
Industry  in  their  Studies,  that  they  and  their 
Successors,  and  the  major  part  of  any  fifteen  or 


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more  of  them  Convened  and  mett  Together  a., 
aforesaid,  do,  by  the  President  of  the  said  College, 
or  any  other  person  or  persons  by  them  authorized 
and  appointed,  Give  and  Grant  any  sueh  degree 
DngrcM     and  degrees  to  any  the  students  of  the  said  College, 

conlerri'd,  .  i         i  l  1 

ud  Dipio-  or  any  other  person  or  persons  by  tliern  thought 
Meaxm  worthy  thereof,  as  are  usually  Granted  by  any  or 
I  ranted.  either  of  our  universities  or  Colleges  in  that  part 
of  our  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  called  England, 
and  that  the  President,  or  such  other  persons  to 
be  appointed  for  that  purpose  as  aforesaid,  do 
sign  and  seal  Diploma's  or  Certificates  of  such 
Degree  or  Degrees,  to  be  kept  by  the  Graduates 
as  a  Testimonial  thereof.  And  Further,  of  our 
Especial  Grace,  Certain  Knowledge,  and  meer 
motion,  we  do  for  us,  our  heirs,  and  Successors, 
will,  Give,  and  Grant,  unto  the  said  Governors 
of  the  said  College,  and  to  their  Successors,  that 
Commos  they  shall  and  may  have  one  Common  Seal, 
under  which  they  shall  and  may  pass  all  Grants, 
Diploma's,  and  all  other  writings  whatsoever, 
requisite,  necessary,  or  Convenient  to  pass  under 
the  seal  of  the  said  Corporation ;  which  seal  shall 
be  Engraven  in  such  form  and  with  such  Devices 
and  Inscriptions  as  shall  be  agreed  upon  by  the 
said  Governors  of  the  said  College,  or  the  major 
part  of  an}r  fifteen  or  more  of  them  that  shall  be 
Convened  for  the  service  of  the  said  College,  in 
the  manner  above  directed  ;  and  by  these  our 
Letters  patent  it  shall  and  may  be  Lawful  for 
them  and  their  Successors,  at  any  of  their  meet- 
ings Convened  as  aforesaid,  as  they  shall  see 
cause,  to  Break,  Change,  alter,  and  new  make 
the  same,  or  any  other  common  Seal,  when  and 
as  often  as  to  them  it  shall  seem  convenient. 


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And  we,  further,  for  us,  our  heirs,  and  Successors, 
Give  and  Grant  unto  the  said  Governors  of  the 
said  College,  and  their  Successors,  or  the  major 
part  of  any  fifteen  or  more  of  them  Convened  as 
aforesaid,  full  power  and  authority,  from  time  to 
time,  and  at  all  times  hereafter,  to  nominate  and 
appoint  all  other  Inferior  officers  or  Ministers  other  infe- 

«  •   1      1  liii'i  •  l  r*or  officers 

which  they  shall  think  convenient  and  necessary  may  be  ap- 
for  the  use  of  the  College,  not  herein  particularly  P°'n 
named  or  mentioned,  which  Officers  and  Ministers 
we  do  hereby  Impower  to  execute  their  Respective 
offices  or  Trusts,  during  the  will  and  pleasure  only 
of  the  Governors  of  the  said  College,  or  the  major 
part  of  any  fifteen  or  more  of  them  Convened  as 
aforesaid,  as  fully  and  freely  as  any  other  the  like 
Officers  or  ministers  in  and  of  our  Universities  or 
any  other  College  in  that  part  of  our  Kingdom  of 
Great  Britain  Called  England  may  or  ought  to  do. 
And,  Lastly,  of  our  Express  will  and  pleasure, 
and  meer  motion,  we  do,  for  us,  our  heirs,  and 
Successors,  Give  and  Grant  unto  the  said  Gover- 
nors of  the  said  College,  and  to  their  Successors 
for  ever,  that  these  our  Letters  patent,  being  Letters 
entered  of  Record,  as  is  herein  after  particularly  aleut' 
Expressed,  or  the  Enrollment  thereof,  shall  be 
Good  and  Effectual  in  the  Law,  to  all  Intents  and 
purposes,  against  us,  our  heirs,  and  Successors, 
without  any  other  Lycense,  Grant,  or  Confirma- 
tion, from  us,  or  heirs,  or  Successors,  hereafter  by 
the  said  Governors  of  the  said  College  to  be  had 
or  obtained,  Notwithstanding  the  not  reciting  or 
misrecital,  or  not  naming  or  misnaming,  of  the 
aforesaid  offices,  Franchises,  Priviledges,  Immu- 
nities, or  other  the  premises,  or  any  of  them  ; 
and  notwithstanding  a  writt  ad  Quod  Damnum 


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hath  not  issued  forth  to  inquire  of  or  concerning 
the  Premises,  or  any  of  thein,  before  the  ensealing 
hereof,  any  .Statute,  act,  Ordinance,  or  provision, 
or  any  other  matter  or  thing  to  the  Contrary 
thereof  in  any  wise  Notwithstanding;  To  have, 
hold,  and  Enjoy,  all  and  singular  the  Priviledges, 
Liberties,  advantages,  and  Immunities,  and  all 
and  singular  other  the  Premisses  herein  or  hereby 
Granted,  or  meant,  mentioned,  or  Intended  to  be 
herein  and  hereby  Given  and  Granted  unto  them, 
the  said  Governors  of  the  said  College  of  the 
Province  of  New  York,  in  the  City  of  New  York, 
in  America,  and  to  their  Successors  for  ever. 
In  Testimony  whereof,  we  have  caused  these  our 
Letters  to  be  made  patent,  and  the  Great  seal  of 
our  Province  of  New  York  to  be  hereunto  affixed, 
and  the  same  to  be  entered  of  Record  in  our 
Secretaries  office  of  our  said  Province,  in  one  of 
the  Books  of  Patents  there  Remaining.  Witness 
our  Trusty  and  well  beloved  James  De  Lanccy,  Esq* 
our  Lieutenant  Governor,  and  Commander  in  chief 
in  and  over  our  Province  of  New  York,  and  the 
Territories  depending  thereon,  in  America,  in,  by, 
and  with  the  Advice  and  Consent  of  our  Council 
nat*d,      of  our  said  Province,  this  thirty  first  day  of  Octo- 

Orti>ber31st,  .  .        .  r  T        .  ,  , 

1754.  ber,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven 
hundred  and  fifty  four,  and  of  our  Reign  the 
twenty  eighth.  The  following  Erasures  and  Inter- 
lineations appearing  in  these  our  Letters  Patent. 
That  is  to  say,  in  the  first  skin,  Line  four,  the 
word  [Law].  Line  nineteen,  these  words,  [by 
these  our  Letters  Patent,  that  there  be  Erected 
and  made]  Interlined  :  line  twenty  one,  [with] 
wrote  on  Eraisure  :  line  twenty  two,  [Law]  Inter- 
lined.   In  the  second  skin,  line  Twelve,  [the] 


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interlined,  and  [Younger]  wrote  on  Eraisure. 
In  the  third  skin,  the  First  line,  [and  secret,]  and 
in  the  sixth  Line,  [Administred]  wrote  partly  on 
eraisure.  In  the  twelfth  line,  [And  the  first  Lord 
Commissioner  for  Trade  and  Plantations]  Inter- 
lined.   And  in  the  fourth  skin,  and  first  line,  the 

word  [And]  Interlined.  

 CLARKE,  Junior. 


ACTS  OF  THE  LEGISLATURE, 

RELATING  TO 

COLUMBIA  COLLEGE. 


An  ACT  to  institute  an  University  within  this  State, 
and  for  other  Purposes  therein  mentioned. 

Passed  April  13th,  1787.  [Sess.  10.  ch.  82.  sec.  8,  9,  10,  [11. 
Greenleafs  Edit.  vol.  i.  p.  437.  Kent  &  jRadcliff's  Edit.  vol.  ii. 
p.  336.] 

VIII.  And  be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  Formerchar- 
aforesaid,  That  the  charter  heretofore  granted  toi  ege  in  theci- 
the  governors  of  the  college  of  the  province  °f^or^d  c°n- 
New-York,  in  the  city  of  New- York,  in  America, 
dated  the  thirty-first  day  of  October,  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
fifty-four,  shall  be,  and  hereby  is  fully  and  abso- 
lutely ratified  and  confirmed,  in  all  respects,  ex- 
cept that  the  college  thereby  established,  shall  be 
henceforth  called  Columbia  college :  That  the 
style  of  the  said  corporation  shall  be,  The  trustees 


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of  Columbia  college,  in  the  city  of  New-York ;  and 
that  no  persons  shall  be  trustees  of  the  same,  in 
virtue  of  any  offices,  characters,  or  descriptions 
whatever;  excepting  also  such  clauses  thereof  as 
require  the  taking  of  oaths,  and  subscribing  the 
declaration  therein  mentioned  ;  and  which  render 
a  person  ineligible  to  the  ollice  of  president  of  t  he 
college,  on  account  of  his  religious  tenets,  and  pre- 
scribe a  form  of  public  prayer  to  be  used  in  the 
said  college  ;  and  also  excepting  the  clause  thereof 
which  provides,  that  the  by-laws  and  ordinances 
to  be  made  in  pursuance  thereof,  should  not  be 
repugnant  to  the  laws  and  statutes  of  that  part  of 
the  kingdom  of  Great-Britain,  called  England; 
except  also,  that  in  all  cases  where  fifteen  gover- 
nors are  required  to  constitute  a  quorum  for  the 
despatch  of  business,  thirteen  trustees  shall  be 
sufficient.  Provided  always,  That  the  by-laws 
and  ordinances  to  be  made  by  the  trustees  of  the 
said  Columbia  college,  shall  not  be  contrary  to  the 
constitution  and  laws  of  this  state. 

IX.  And  be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority 
aforesaid,  That  James  Duane,  Samuel  Provost, 
John  H.  Livingston,  Richard  Varick,  Alexander 
Hamilton,  John  Mason,  James  Wilson,  John 
Gano,  Brockholst  Livingston,  Robert  Harper, 
John  Daniel  Gross,  Johann  ChristofF  Kunze, 
Walter  Livingston,  Lewis  A.  Scott,  Joseph  Dela- 
plaine,  Leonard  Lispenard,  Abraham  Beach,  John 
Lawrance,  John  Rutherford,  Morgan  Lewis,  John 
Cochran,  Gershom  Seixas,  Charles  M'Knight, 
Thomas  Jones,  Malachi  Treat,  Samuel  Bard, 
Nicholas  Romein,  Benjamin  Kissam,  and  Ebene- 
zer  Crossby,  shall  be,  and  they  are  hereby  consti- 


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tuted  and  declared  to  be  the  present  trustees  of 
Columbia  college,  in  the  city  of  New- York,  and 
that  when  by  the  death  or  resignation,  or  removal 
of  any  of  the  said  trustees,  the  number  of  those 
trustees  shall  be  reduced  to  twenty-four,  then  and 
from  thenceforth  the  said  twenty-four  trustees 
shall  be,  and  they  hereby  are  declared  and  con- 
stituted trustees  of  the  said  Columbia  college,  in 
perpetual  succession,  according  to  the  true  intent 
and  meaning  of  the  said  charter ;  and  all  vacan- 
cies thereafter  shall  be  supplied  in  the  manner 
thereby  directed. 

X.  And  be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  The  power, 
aforesaid,  That  all  and  singular  the  power,  autho-  estates  of  the 

.    ,  .    .,  /•         1  •  i  *  •  •        college  vest- 

rity,  rights, privileges,  franchises,  and  immunities,  edinthe 
so  heretofore  granted  to,  and  vested  in  the  said 
governors  of  the  college  of  the  province  of  New- 
York,  in  the  city  of  New-York,  in  America,  by  the 
said  charter,  excepting  as  before  excepted,  shall 
be,  and  the  same  hereby  are  granted  to  and  vested 
in  the  trustees  of  Columbia  college,  in  the  city  of 
New- York,  and  their  successors  forever,  as  fully 
and  effectually,  to  all  intents  and  purposes,  as  if 
the  same  were  herein  particularly  specified  and 
expressed ;  and  all  and  singular  the  lands,  tene- 
ments, hereditaments,  and  real  estate,  goods,  chat- 
tels, rents,  annuities,  moneys,  books,  and  other 
property,  whereof  the  said  governors  of  the  college 
of  the  province  of  New- York,  in  the  city  of  New- 
York,  in  America,  were  seised,  possessed,  or  enti- 
tled, under  and  in  virtue  of  the  said  charter,  or 
with  which  the  regents  of  the  said  university  were 
invested,  under  or  by  virtue  of  the  said  acts,  for 
the  use  or  benefit  of  the  said  Columbia  college, 
shall  be,  and  the  same  hereby  are  granted  to  and 

4 


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vested  in  the  said  trustees  of  Columbia  college, 
in  the  city  of  New- York,  and  their  successors  for- 
ever, for  the  sole  use  and  benefit  of  the  said 
college ;  and  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  to  and 
for  the  said  trustees,  and  their  successors,  to  grant, 
bargain,  sell,  demise,  improve,  and  dispose  of  the 
same,  as  to  them  shall  seem  meet.  Provided 
always,  That  the  lands  given  and  granted  to  the 
governors  of  the  college  of  the  province  of  New- 
York,  in  the  city  of  New-York,  in  America,  by  the 
corporation,  heretofore  styled,  The  rector  and  in- 
habitants of  the  city  of  New-York,  in  communion 
of  the  church  of  England,  as  by  law  established, 
on  part  whereof  the  said  college  is  erected,  shall 
not  be  granted  for  any  greater  estate,  or  in  any 
other  manner,  than  is  limited  by  the  said  charter, 
ronior  trus-     XI.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  by  the  authority 

Ice  to  call  .  J  .11 

■pariii bmwiu aforesaid,  That  when  any  special  meeting  of  the 
trustees  of  the  said  college  shall  be  deemed  ne- 
cessary, it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  to  and  for  the 
senior  trustee  of  the  said  college,  then  in  the  city 
of  New-York,  and  taking  upon  himself  the  exer- 
cise of  the  office,  (which  seniority  shall  be  deter- 
mined according  to  the  order  in  which  the  said 
trustees  are  named  in  this  act,  and  shall  be 
elected  hereafter,)  and  he  is  hereby  authorized 
and  required,  on  application  for  that  purpose  in 
writing  under  the  hands  of  anv  five  or  more  of 
the  said  trustees,  to  appoint  a  time  for  such  spe- 
cial meeting,  in  some  convenient  place  within  the 
said  city,  and  to  cause  due  notice  thereof  to  be 
given  in  the  manner  directed  by  the  said  charter. 

XXII.  And  be  it  farther  enacted  by  the  authority 
aforesaid,  That  the  act,  entitled,  An  act  for  grant- 
ing certain  privileges  to  the  college  heretofore 


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called  King's  college,  for  altering  the  name  and 
charter  thereof,  and  erecting  an  university  within 
this  state,  passed  the  1st  day  of  May,  1784;  and 
the  act,  entitled,  An  act  to  amend  an  act,  entitled, 
An  act  for  granting  certain  privileges  to  the  col- 
lege heretofore  called  King's  college,  for  altering 
the  name  and  charter  thereof,  and  erecting  an 
university  within  this  state,  passed  the  26th  day 
of  November,  1784,  be,  and  they  are  hereby 
severally  repealed. 


An  ACT  to  encourage  Literature,  by  Donations  to 
Columbia  College,  and  to  the  several  Academies 
in  the  State. 

Passed  April  Mth,  1792.  [Sess.  15.  ch.  69.  sec.  1.3.  Green- 
leafs  Edit.  vol.  ii.  p.  479.] 

Whereas  it  has  been  represented  to  the  legis- 
lature, that  the  fundsof  Columbia  college,  in  this 
state,  have,  in  consequence  of  events  which  took 
place  during  the  late  war,  been  so  far  diminished, 
as  to  render  it  impracticable  for  the  trustees  to 
defray  certain  necessary  expenses  which  have 
accrued  to  the  college,  in  consequence  of  the  alter- 
ations in  the  streets  of  the  city  of  New- York,  and 
to  repair  the  losses  which  the  college  sustained 
during  the  late  war,  with  respect  to  its  library, 
and  to  incur  such  further  expenses  as  would  ren- 
der the  seminary  more  extensively  useful,  without 
pecuniary  aid  from  the  legislature :  For  remedy 
whereof, 


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Tka  certain     J.  lie  it  enacted,  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Ncw- 

mjinh  hfrrrin  J  x        J  J 

!"7!h,'ii'.'!»,'.i  *or^»  represented  in  Senate  and  Assembly,  That  tlicrc 
Ste  r,',''!,  !"  s'l:l''  DC  allowed  and  paid  to  the  trustees  of  Co- 
^^or^larnbia  college,  or  their  order,  for  the  use  of  the 
lam  pnrpo- ingtijution,  the  sum  of  fifteen  hundred  pounds,  for 
the  purpo.se  of  enlarging  its  lihrary,  and  the  sum 
of  two  hundred  pounds  for  a  chemical  apparatus; 
and  the  sum  of  twelve  hundred  pounds  for  the 
purpose  of  building  a  wall  necessary  to  support 
l  lie  grounds  of  the  college,  and  the  further  sum  of 
five  thousand  pounds  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  a 
hall  and  an  additional  wing  to  the  college,  pursu- 
ant to  the  original  plan  of  the  institution  ;  and  the 
treasurer  is  hereby  authorized  to  pay  the  said  re- 
spective sums  out  of  such  moneys  as  may  be  or 
may  come  into  the  treasury,  of  the  annual  revenue 
of  the  state,  and  which  may  not  be  appropriated 
for  the  purpose  of  supporting  government,  or  satis- 
lying  claims  against  the  state,  or  for  completing 
the  sum  of  two  hundred  thousand  pounds  to  be 
loaned  in  the  several  counties  of  this  state,  by 
virtue  of  the  act,  entitled,  "An  act  for  loaning 
moneys  belonging  to  the  state." 

Treasurer  to  III.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  treasurer 
«r  c.,iumi.ia  shall  annually,  for  five  years,  unless  otherwise 

eottege,  750L  . 

*»""»^v  for  directed  by  the  legislature,  pay  to  the  trustees  of 
Columbia  college,  or  their  order,  out  of  the  like 
moneys  as  above  described,  the  sum  of  seven  hun- 
dred and  fifty  pounds,  to  be  applied  to  the  pay- 
ment of  the  salaries  of  such  additional  professors 
in  the  said  college,  as  the  said  trustees  shall 
ihink  proper  to  appoint. 


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An  ACT  to  amend  the  Act,  entitled,  "  An  Act  for 
the  Encouragement  of  Literature.'''' 

Passed  April  3d,  1802.   [Sess.  25.  ch.  ]05.  sec.  1,  2.  Webster's 
Edit.  vol.  iii.  p.  165.] 

Whereas  it  appears,  from  a  report  of  the  sur- 
veyor-general, that  the  grant  of  a  certain  tract  of 
land  in  the  county  of  Washington,  adjoining  the 
south  end  of  Lake  George,  to  the  regents  of  the 
university,  in  and  by  the  act,  entitled,  "An  act 
for  the  further  encouragement  of  literature,"  inter- 
feres with  the  bounds  of  lands  previously  granted ; 
and  the  regents  having  prayed  for  a  grant  of  other 
lands  adjoining  the  same,  and  in  lieu  thereof,  to 
enable  them  the  more  effectually  to  fulfil  the  pur- 
poses for  which  the  grant  of  those  lands  was 
intended :  Therefore, 

I.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  New- 
York,  represented  in  Senate  and  Assembly,  That  the 
said  regents  of  the  university,  and  their  succes- 
sors, shall  be  and  hereby  are  vested  with  the 
seisin  and  possession  of  the  lands  hereafter  de- 
scribed, belonging  to  the  people  of  this  state  ;  that 
is  to  say,  a  certain  tract  of  land  in  the  county  of 
Washington,  adjoining  the  south  end  of  Lake 
George,  beginning  on  the  east  shore  of  the  said 
lake,  where  the  westerly  bounds  of  a  tract  of  two 
thousand  acres,  granted  by  letters  patent  to  Wil- 
liam Houghton,  strikes  the  same,  and  running 
thence  along  the  said  Houghton's  tract  southerly 
and  westerly  to  the  northwest  corner  thereof,  then 
with  a  straight  line  to  the  most  westerly  corner  of 
a  tract  of  two  hundred  acres  granted  by  letters 
patent  to  John  Jones,  then  along  the  southerly 
bounds  thereof,  to  Lake  George,  and  then  along 


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the  same  southerly,  easterly,  and  northerly,  to  the 

place  bf  beginning,  containing  one  thousand  seven 
hundred  and  twenty-four  acres  of  land;  and  the 
former  grant  to  the  said  regents,  so  far  as  the 
same  included  lands  not  herein  described,  shall 
be  void. 

II.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  it  shall  be 
lawful  for  the  said  regents  to  grant  and  convey  to 
the  trustees  of  Columbia  and  Union  colleges,  and 
their  successors,  the  lands  above  described,  toge- 
ther with  the  lands  at  Ticonderoga  and  Crown 
Point  already  vested  in  the  said  regents,  in  such 
proportions,  as  they  shall  deem  just  and  reasona- 
ble, for  the  use  of  the  said  colleges  respectively. 


An  ACT  relative  to  Columbia  College  in  the  city  of 
New-  York. 

Passed  March  23d,  1810.  [Sess.  33.  ch.  85.    Webster  &  Skinner's 
Edit,  of  Statutes,  vol.  vi.  p.  24.] 

Whereas  the  trustees  of  Columbia  college,  in 
the  city  of  New- York,  have  represented,  that  sun- 
dry impediments  to  their  trust,  and  to  the  interest 
of  literature  in  the  college,  are  found  by  expe- 
rience from  certain  restrictions  and  defects  in 
their  charter,  and  have  prayed  relief,  and  that 
their  charter,  when  amended,  may  be  comprised 
in  one  act :  Therefore, 

I.  BE  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  New- 
York,  represented  in  Senate  and  Assembly,  That  John 
H.  Livingston,  Richard  Varick,  Brockholst  Li- 
vingston, Abraham  Beach,  John  Lawrence,  Ger- 
shom  Seixas,  Richard  Harison,  John  Watts, 
William  Moor,  Cornelius  I.  Bogart,  John  M.  Ma- 


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son,  Edward  Dunscomb,  George  C.  Anthon,  John 
N.  Abeel,  James  Tillary,  John  H.  Hobart,  Benja- 
min Moore,  Egbert  Benson,  Governeur  Morris, 
Jacob  Radcliff,  Rufus  King,  Samuel  Miller,  Oliver 
Wolcott,  and  John  B.  Romeyn,  the  present  trustees 
of  the  said  college,  and  their  successors,  shall  be 
and  remain  forever  hereafter,  a  body  politic  and 
corporate,  in  fact  and  in  name,  by  the  name  of 
"  The  trustees  of  Columbia  College,  in  the  city  of 
New-York,"  and  by  that  name  shall  and  may 
have  continual  succession  for  ever  hereafter,  and 
shall  be  able  in  law  to  sue  and  be  sued,  implead 
and  be  impleaded,  answer  and  be  answered  unto, 
defend  and  be  defended,  in  all  courts  and  places 
whatsoever,  and  may  have  a  common  seal,  and 
may  change  and  alter  the  same  at  their  plea- 
sure, and  also,  shall  be  able  in  law  to  take  by 
purchase,  gift,  grant,  devise,  or  in  any  other  man- 
ner, and  to  hold  any  real  and  personal  estate 
whatsoever;  Provided  always,  The  clear  yearly  Proviso, 
value  of  the  real  estate  to  be  so  acquired,  shall  Revenue 
not  exceed  the  sum  of  twenty  thousand  dollars  I  estate  to  he 
and  also  that  they  and  their  successors  shall  have  not  to  exceed 

J  20,0U0  dol- 

power  to  give,  grant,  bargain,  sell,  demise,  orlare- 
otherwise  dispose  of,  all  or  any  part  of  the  said 
real  and  personal  estate,  as  to  them  shall  seem 
best  for  the  interest  of  the  said  college. 

II.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  said  trus-  p0Wcr  of 
tees,  and  their  successors,  shall  forever  hereafter Tru!,tees' 
have  full  power  and  authority  to  direct  and  pre- 
scribe the  course  of  study,  and  the  discipline  to 
be  observed  in  the  said  college,  and  also  to  select 
and  appoint  by  ballot  or  otherwise,  a  president  of-ro  appoint  a 
the  said  college,  who  shall  hold  his  office  during PrcsidouU 
good  behaviour;  and  such  professor  or  professors,  Professors 

and  tutors. 


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tutor  or  tutors,  to  assist  the  president  in  the  go- 
vernment and  education  of*  the  students  belonging 
to  the  said  college,  and  such  other  officer  or  offi- 

Officer*.  , 

cers,  as  to  the  said  trustees  shall  seem  meet,  all  ot 
whom  shall  hold  their  offices  during  the  pleasure 
Proviso,  of  the  trustees :  Provided  always,  That  no  such 
professor,  tutor,  or  other  assistant  officer  shall  be 
trustee. 

ProiuVnt,  HI*  -And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  if  complaint 
raaorwL  shall  be  made  in  writing  to  the  said  trustees,  or 
their  successors,  by  any  member  of  the  said  cor- 
poration of  any  misbehaviour  in  office  by  the  pre- 
sident, it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  said  trustees,  or 
their  successors,  from  time  to  time,  upon  exami- 
nation, and  such  due  proof  of  misbehaviour,  to 
suspend  or  discharge  such  president,  and  to  ap- 
point another  in  his  place. 
Eleven  IV.  Ami  be  it,  further  enacted,  That  eleven  of  the 

■m,  a  said  trustees,  lawfully  convened,  as  is  hereinafter 
kcII  rral      directed,  shall  be  a  quorum  for  the  despatch  of  all 
business,  except  for  the  disposal  of  real  estate,  or 
for  the  choice  or  removal  of  a  president,  for  either 
of  which  purposes  there  shall  be  a  meeting  of  at 
least  thirteen  trustees, 
chairman       V.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  said  trus- 
o!uio'u  ly  tees  shall  have  full  power  and  authority  to  elect 
by  ballot  their  own  chairman  once  in  every  year, 
or  at  such  other  periods  as  they  shall  prefer. 

VI.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  said 
trustees  shall  also  have  power,  by  a  majority  of 
votes  of  the  members  present  to  elect  and  appoint, 
upon  the  death,  removal  out  of  the  state,  or  other 
vacancies  in  vacancy  of  the  place  or  places  of  any  trustee  or 
Trusteed'1  °rtrustees,  other  or  others,  in  his  or  their  places  or 
stead  as  often  as  such  vacancy  shall  happen ;  and 


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also  to  make  and  declare  vacant  the  seat  of  any 
trustee  who  shall  absent  himself  from  five  suc- 
cessive meetings  of  the  board;  and  also  to  meet 
upon  their  own  adjournment,  and  so  often  as  they  Adjoum- 
shall  be  summoned  by  their  chairman,  or  in  his 
absence  by  the  senior  trustee;  whose  seniority  senior  Trus- 
shall  be  accounted  according  to  the  order  in  which 
the  said  trustees  are  named  in  this  act,  and  shall 
be  elected  hereafter ;  Provided  always,  That  the  special 

meetings. 

said  chairman  or  senior  trustee  shall  not  sum- 
mon a  meeting  of  the  corporation  unless  required 
thereto  in  writing  by  three  of  the  members  ;  And 
provided  also,  That  he  cause  notice  of  the  time  and  Meetings, 

,  r    ,  .  ,  .  ,  liow  culled. 

place  oi  the  said,  meeting  to  be  given  in  one  or 
more  of  the  public  newspapers  printed  in  the  city 
of  New- York,  at  least  three  days  before  such 
meeting :  and  that  every  member  of  the  corpora- 
tion resident  in  the  city  shall  be  previously  ad- 
vertised in  writing  of  the  time  and  place  of  every 
such  meeting. 

VII.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  said  Honours  and 

degrees. 

trustees  and  their  successors,  shall  have  power 
and  authority  to  grant  all  such  literary  honours 
and  degrees,  as  are  usually  granted  by  any  uni- 
versity, college,  or  seminary  of  learning  in  this 
state,  or  in  the  United  States ;  and  in  testimony 
of  such  grant  to  give  suitable  diplomas  under  their  Diplomas, 
seal,  and  the  signatures  of  the  president  and  such 
professors,  or  tutors  of  the  college,  as  they  shall 
judge  expedient ;  which  diplomas  shall  entitle  the 
possessors  respectively  to  all  the  immunities  and 
privileges  which  either  by  usage  or  statute  are 
allowed  to  possessors  of  similar  diplomas  from 
any  university,  college,  or  seminary  of  learning. 
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iiy  I.,*..  VIII.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  said 
trustees,  and  their  suceessors,  shall  have  full 
power  and  authority  to  make  all  ordinances  and 
hy-laws  which  to  them  shall  seem  expedient  for 
carrying  intoeflect  the  designs  of  their  institution  ; 
i'r0vi.o.  Provided  always,  That  sucli  ordinances  or  hy-laws 
ineligible  oi  shrill  not  make  the  religious  tenets  of  any  person 

lUTOUNl  III  °  J  I 

bbraUgiou  a  condition  of  admission  to  any  privilege  or  office 
in  the  said  college,  nor  be  inconsistent  with  the 
constitution  and  laws  of  this  state,  nor  with  the 
constitution  and  laws  of  the  United  States. 

GrwttMgf       IX.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  the  real 
Ludbaad.  and  personal  estate  whatsoever  and  wheresoever, 
which  were  formerly  vested  in  the  governors  of 
the  college  of  the  province  of  New- York,  in  the 
city  of  New- York,  in  America,  or  in  the  trustees 
of  Columbia  college  in  the  city  of  New- York,  be 
and  the  same  is  hereby  confirmed  to  and  vested 
in  the  said  trustees  of  Columbia  college  in  the 
city  of  New- York,  and  their  successors  for  ever, 
for  the  sole  use  and  benefit  of  the  said  college ; 
and  that  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  to  and  for  the 
said  trustees,  and  their  successors,  to  grant,  bar- 
gain, sell,  demise,  improve,  and  dispose  of  the  same, 
Proviso.     as  to  them  shall  seem  meet;  Provided  always, 
tine. tod  by  That  the  lands  given  and  granted  to  the  gover- 
chorcb, to  nors  of  the  college  of  the  province  of  New-York, 

lie  leased  for  0  1 

Oyews.  m  the  city  of  New-York,  in  America,  by  the  cor- 
poration heretofore  styled  "  The  Rector  and  In- 
habitants of  the  city  of  New- York,  in  communion 
of  the  church  of  England,  as  by  law  established," 
on  part  whereof  the  said  college  is  erected, 
shall  not  be  granted  for  any  greater  term  of  time 
than  sixty-three  years. 


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X.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  eighth, 
ninth,  tenth,  and  eleventh  sections  of  the  act,  enti- 
tled, "an  act  to  institute  an  university  within  this 
state,  and  for  other  purposes  therein  mentioned," 
passed  the  thirteenth  day  of  April,  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  eighty- 
seven,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed.* 


An  ACT  to  render  the  Provost  of  Columbia  College, 
in  the  city  of  New -York,  eligible  to  be  a  Trustee 
thereof. 

Passed  Feb.  14th,  1812.  [Sess.  35.  ch.  G.    Webster  &  Skinner's 
Edit.  vol.  vi.  p.  348.] 

Whereas  the  trustees  of  Columbia  college  have, 
by  their  petition,  prayed  that  the  provost  of  the 
said  college  may  be  made  eligible  as  a  trustee  of 
said  college : 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  New- 
York,  rep-esentcd  in  Senate  and  Assembly,  That  it 
shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  the  provost  of  Colum- 
bia college,  in  the  city  of  New- York,  for  the  time 
being,  to  be  elected  and  act  as  a  trustee  of  the 
said  college,  any  thing  contained  in  the  act,  enti- 
tled, "  an  act  relative  to  Columbia  college  in  the 
city  of  New- York,"  or  in  any  other  act  or  charter 
of  the  said  college,  to  the  contrary  notwithstand- 
ing. 


*  See  also  the  Act  passed  April  9,  1813,  sess.  36.  ch.  82.,  Van 
Ness  &  Woodworth,  vol.  ii.  p.  2C5.,  and  new  Revised  Statutes,  vol. 
iii.  p.  236.,  re-enacting  the  above  act,  omitting  only  the  Preamble, 
and  the  names  of  Trustees;  and  with  the  additional  proviso,  as  to 
the  eligibility  of  the  Provost  as  a  Trustee. 


An  ACT  instituting  a  Lottery  for  the  promotion  oj 
Literutvrc,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Passed  April  13th,  1H14.  [Sobs.  37.  ch.  120.  sec.  (>,  7.  Webster  &. 
.Skinner's  Edit,  vol.  iii.  p.  142.] 

Botanic  gar-  VI.  And  be  it  farther  enacted,  That  all  the  right, 
t./coiu'inbiu  title,  and  interest  of  the  people  of  this  state  in  and 

College.  1  1 

to  ;ill  that  certain  piece  or  parcel  of  land,  with  the 
appurtenances,  situate  in  the  ninth  ward  of  the 
eity  of  New-York,  known  hy  the  name  of  the  Botanic 
Garden,  and  lately  conveyed  to  the  people  of  this 
state  hy  David  Hosack,  with  the  .-ippurtenances, 
he  and  the  same  is  hereby  granted  to  and  vested 
in  the  trustees  of  Columbia  college,  in  the  city  of 
New-York,  their  successors  and  assigns;  but  this 
grant  is  made  upon  the  express  condition,  that 
the  college  establishment  shall  be  removed  to  the 
said  tract  of  land  hereby  granted,  or  to  lands  ad- 
jacent thereto,  within  twelve  years  from  this  time  ; 
and  if  the  said  establishment  shall  not  be  so  re- 
moved within  the  time  above  limited,  then  and 
from  thenceforth,  this  grant  shall  cease  and  be 
void,  and  the  premises  hereby  granted  shall  there- 
upon revert  to  the  people  of  this  state. 

VII.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  trustees 
lanbia  cot-of  Columbia  college  shall,  within  three  months 

logr  in  trans-  .  t  . 

nutting  to    from  the  time  of  the  passage  of  this  act,  transmit 

other  col-  JO 

|,  -,'\< to  the  trustees  of  each  of  the  other  colleges  in  this 

liM  ol  plants,  ° 

r,c-  state,  a  list  of  the  different  kinds  of  plants,  flowers, 
and  shrubs  in  said  garden ;  and  within  one  year 
thereafter,  the  said  trustees  of  Columbia  college, 
shall  deliver  at  the  said  garden,  if  required,  at 
least  one  healthy  exotic  flower,  shrub,  or  plant  of 
each  kind,  of  which  they  shall  have  more  than  one 
al  the  time  of  application,  together  with  the  jar  or 


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vessel  containing  the  same,  to  the  trustees  of  each 
of  the  other  colleges  of  this  state,  who  shall  apply 
therefor. 


An  ACT  relative  to  Columbia  college,  in  the  city  of 
New -York. 

Passed  February  19th,  1819.  [Sess.  42.  ch.  19.    Gould  &  Co.'s 
Edit.  vol.  v.  p.  26.] 

Whfreas  it  is  of  the  first  importance  in  a  free 
state,  that  seminaries  of  learning  should  be  care- 
fully protected,  and,  from  time  to  time,  receive 
the  fostering  aid  of  the  legislature  :  And  whereas, 
with  these  views,  all  the  right,  title,  and  interest  of 
the  people  of  this  state  in  a  certain  piece  or  parcel 
of  land,  situate  in  the  ninth  ward  of  the  city  of 
New- York,  called  "  The  Botanic  Garden,"  was  in 
and  by  an  act  of  the  legislature,  entitled  "an  act 
instituting  a  lottery  for  the  promotion  of  literature, 
and  for  other  purposes,"  passed  April  13th,  1814, 
given  and  granted  to  Columbia  College,  subject 
to  certain  conditions  therein  specified :  And 
whereas  the  said  grant  has  not  been  productive  of 
the  benefits  intended  by  the  said  act :  Therefore, 

I.  BE  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  New-  conditions 
York,  represented  in  Senate  and  Assembly,  That  thatofthe 

L  J  Botanic  Gar- 

part  of  the  sixth  section  of  the  act,  entitled,  "  an  denrcPealcd 
act  instituting  a  lottery  for  the  promotion  of  litera- 
ture, and  for  other  purposes,"  passed  April  13th, 
1S14,  which  contains  a  condition  to  the  grant 
made  to  the  trustees  of  Columbia  college,  that 
the  college  establishment  shall  be  removed  to  the 
tract  of  land  thereby  granted,  or  to  the  lands  ad- 
jacent thereto,  and  the  seventh  section  of  the  said 
act,  be  and  the  same  arc  hereby  repealed. 


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II.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  ten 
thousand  dollars  he  paid  hy  the  treasurer,  on  the 
warrant  of  the  comptroller,  to  the  trustees  of  Co- 
lumhia  eollegc,  out  of  any  moneys  not  otherwise 
appropriated,  to  he  applied  hy  the  said  trustees 
as  the  interests  of  the  said  college  may  require. 


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